6362 Tunis

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6362 Tunis

Summary

6362 Tunis is an asteroid[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • 6362 Tunis is credited with the discovery of Richard Martin West[3].
  • 6362 Tunis's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].
  • 6362 Tunis's site of astronomical discovery is recorded as La Silla Observatory[5].
  • Tunis is named after 6362 Tunis[6].
  • 6362 Tunis followed 6361 Koppel[7].
  • 6362 Tunis was followed by 6363 Doggett[8].
  • 6362 Tunis's minor planet group is recorded as asteroid belt[9].
  • 6362 Tunis's Commons category is recorded as 6362 Tunis[10].
  • 6362 Tunis's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[11].
  • 6362 Tunis's provisional designation is recorded as 1971 BC1[12].
  • 6362 Tunis's provisional designation is recorded as 1979 KO[13].
  • 6362 Tunis's provisional designation is recorded as 1981 YA2[14].
  • 6362 Tunis's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1979-05-19T00:00:00Z[15].
  • 6362 Tunis's significant event is recorded as naming[16].
  • 6362 Tunis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1722'}[17].
  • 6362 Tunis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.1699800'}[18].
  • 6362 Tunis's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.170238111974534'}[19].
  • 6362 Tunis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+11.9'}[20].
  • 6362 Tunis's absolute magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.17'}[21].
  • 6362 Tunis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+19.10921'}[22].
  • 6362 Tunis's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+19.19972210835596'}[23].
  • 6362 Tunis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q577', 'amount': '+5.72'}[24].
  • 6362 Tunis's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q573', 'amount': '+2082.989613679418'}[25].
  • 6362 Tunis's rotation period is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q25235', 'amount': '+34.9396'}[26].
  • 6362 Tunis's longitude of ascending node is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+105.09671'}[27].

Body

Definition and Type

6362 Tunis's instance of is recorded as asteroid[4].

Origins

Tunis is named after 6362 Tunis[6].

Why It Matters

6362 Tunis has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . Minor Planet Center database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Minor Planet Center database. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . JPL Small-Body Database. Retrieved . ssd.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . minorplanetcenter.net. minorplanetcenter.net. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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